instance method `alias_attribute`

Ruby on Rails 6.1.7.10

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

Compare with:

alias_attribute(new_name, old_name)

Allows you to make aliases for attributes, which includes getter, setter, and a predicate.

class Content < ActiveRecord::Base
  # has a title attribute
end

class Email < Content
  alias_attribute :subject, :title
end

e = Email.find(1)
e.title    # => "Superstars"
e.subject  # => "Superstars"
e.subject? # => true
e.subject = "Megastars"
e.title    # => "Megastars"

Parameters

new_name req
old_name req

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing.rb, line 21
  def alias_attribute(new_name, old_name)
    # The following reader methods use an explicit `self` receiver in order to
    # support aliases that start with an uppercase letter. Otherwise, they would
    # be resolved as constants instead.
    module_eval <<-STR, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
      def #{new_name}; self.#{old_name}; end          # def subject; self.title; end
      def #{new_name}?; self.#{old_name}?; end        # def subject?; self.title?; end
      def #{new_name}=(v); self.#{old_name} = v; end  # def subject=(v); self.title = v; end
    STR
  end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing.rb line 21 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in Module

Signature

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